Sash-holder



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E. W. MORRIS.

SASH HOLDER.

No. 337,695. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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E. \VALTER MORRIS, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEWV JERSEY.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,695, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed July 6, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. WALTER MoRRIs, of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of N ew'J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of sash-holder in use. Fig. 2 is a plan of same. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of sash-holder used for locking the window.

The object of my invention is to provide by an automatic sash-holder means for holding window-sashes in any desired position, preventing them from rattling, and when the win- (lows are closed to use the same for locking them. It will be seen that in railroad or other cars the windows fitted with this attachment can be opened as may be desired by the occupants, and they will be prevented from being closed by weight of sash or the vibration of the car without the aid of catches or other similar devices.

My invention consists of a box-frame fastened to the window-sash by screws. The frame has a stationary hand-piece for adjusting the loose lever which operates the wedge. It will be seen that when the wedge is in a vertical position and the sash being raised immediately it is let go the wedge tightens itself by binding against the frame and theincline plane of the boX side, and hence the window is held in any desired position. The hole in the lever on which the wedge is hung is somewhat elongated for the purpose of allowing the heavy or lower part of the Serial No. 170. 753.

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wedge to overbalance the top or lighter part,

causing it to angle into the recess on the side thus preventing the window from being raised.

The wedge is slotted, so as to receive some binding materialsuch as rubber, vuloanite composition, or wood. A spring may be used to keep the wedge in a vertical position when the locking arrangement is not required.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, O is the box-frame for screwing to sash, which has a stationary handpiece attached.

A is the lever with handle for adjusting the wedge, having the elongated hole E, into which the fulcrum-pin D extends.

P is the pin on which the wedge is hung and held in position.

B is the wedge itself, and F is the slotted recess for receiving the binding material.

Y is the sash on which the box 0 is screwed, and X is the side frame.

G is the box which is fitted to the frame X for receiving the wedge when inclined to lock the window.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, lS-

In a sash-holder, the combination of the box 0, provided with the fulcrum-pin D and an inclined face, with the wedge-shaped block B and the lever A, to which the wedge is pivoted, the bearing E in said lever being elongated, for the purposes specified and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto atfixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E. \V. MORRIS.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS SHIRLEY, W. VAN RIPER. 

